Stephon Alexander
| Stephon Alexander | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Theoretical Physicist, Cosmologist, Musician, Author |
| Notable work | The Jazz of Physics |
| Awards | NSF Career Award, APS E. BOUCHET AWARD, AAAS John Wesley Powell Memorial Award. |
| Website | www |
Stephon Alexander is a theoretical physicist, cosmologist, musician and author known for blending the worlds of theoretical physics and jazz music.
Alexander was born in Trinidad, before moving to the United States when he was eight. He grew up in the Bronx, New York City and attended De Witt Clinton high school.
Alexander completed his Bachelors of Science from Haverford College in 1993, Sc. M Physics in 1995, Sc. M Electrical Engineering in 1996 and a Doctorate in 2000 from Brown University. He was also a research physicist at Imperial College, London as well as the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Stanford University.
After receiving his doctoral education, Alexander held faculty positions at both Penn State and also Haverford College. Alexander co-authored a paper in 2012, which reinterpreted the Horava-Lifshitz theory. The paper, Horava-Lifshitz theory as a fermionic aether in Ashtekar gravity, studied that the HL theory could be naturally occurring. It also theorized that HL gravity could be interpreted as a time-like current, which fills space-time.
Alexander started his academic career as a post doctoral researcher at Imperial College, London (2000-2002) and later on went to be a post doctoral research at the Stanford University's SLAC and Institute for Theoretical Physics (2002-2005). In 2005, he became an Assistant Professor of Physics at the Penn State University. In 2008, he served at the Haverford College as an associate professor of physics leading to his present positions of Ernest Everett 1907 Associate Professor of Natural Sciences and associate professor of physics and astronomy at the Dartmouth College.
Alexander also works as a professor at Brown University and has spent much of his career as a first generation advocate. He also advocates historically underrepresented groups in the sciences. He is a member of the editorial board of Universe.
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